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CVE-2017-9468 (GCVE-0-2017-9468)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-07 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:11
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Summary
In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-06-06 00:00
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